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I had the idea to paint a series of half-size portraits of various Mooncalf characters. This actually the only mooncalf character proper that I've created, the only one with a name. She's called Amethi - yes, I suck at inventing names.

I deliberately kept highlights to a minimum and used fingers a lot to blend the paint. I wanted to try to give the dual impressions of a formal eighteenth century portrait and a war-photographer's snapshot. With the former in mind I semi abstracted the background,

Kudos and a cookie to whoever can tell me what kind of gun she has (it is real).

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Actually, some did and the barrel was modeled after the MP40 machine pistol. However, because of the caliber size it was found to be ill suited for the deflection. Same with the 9mm MP40. I have seen examples of both in the former location of the US Army Ordinance and armour display and building on Aberdeen Proving Ground. Though, it was prone to jamming when it was fired due to cleaning issues as well as its simplistic make. My grandfather was offered one on the night of the Normandy assault and declined because he did not want to be that damned close as he put it. Instead he carried the M-1 Garand battle rifle in canvas sack across the front of his harness just behind the reserve chute. However, his bundle was lost that being dropped too soon. He was a machine gunner for his unit.

M3A1 Grease Gun. Designed as a cheaper, more accurate alternative to the M1, and M1A1 Thompson sub-machine guns. It was manufactured mainly by General Motors corporation. It was popular among many troops during WWII and Korea, but found the most use with armored units because of it's small size, and the ability to be brought to bear inside the hull of a tank.

Thank-you, that's pretty much the effect I strive to achieve with images. I'm afraid I don't have that many images of the same level of evocativeness as this one in my gallery, but have a look at the Mooncalf section and you might find something in the same vein.

The concept is great, the shading details marvelous and the grey, dusty and rusty background is so well-done, it perfectly goes with the situation represented !!Fantastic work with the expressions too !!